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A few weeks-months-or-years ago, I wrote about the fall television lineups for NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX (did I forget the CW? Oops. Here’s the rundown: A bunch of shows I do not watch about vampires and rich people and sluts and rich vampire sluts. Done and done). Now, I bet most of you have just been ready to fall off the edges of your chairs with anticipation at the update I never actually promised, eh? Well, here it is!

Julie’s Fall Television Preview UpdateI am disappointed.

That’s it. No, really. I actually haven’t been following anything (on purpose) except for The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family because they’re consistently splendid. Remember how stoked I was about Hawaii Five-0? It’s okay, but haven’t exactly been roped in or anything. That whole “if all else fails I’ll just watch it on mute” idea had some merit after all. The scenery is bee-yoo-ti-ful. And, ya know, there’s the cast.

At first I just figured that I’d since found more producitve pursuits with which to fill my evening hours; the programming itself hadn’t failed me, I just found better things to do. But then I laughed, because this is what actually happened (happens, every year): I find one show to focus my attention on, and watch it fervently. Last year it was Leverage (TNT). This year, it’s Terriers (FX).

Haven’t heard of it? It’s okay, you’re not alone. The premiere posted some disappointing numbers, maybe due to a less-than-stellar promo campaign. In fact, I – who shamelessly read every fall preview/review I could get my spindly little hands on – was only vaguely, superficially, aware it was going to air. And right now, six episodes into what is hopefully not the only season, the shows two stars, Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James, are travelling the country in a bus or something to drum up support and fans for the show.

Yeah, no shit! They’re focusing on colleges and college towns, apparently, and a few friends of mine actually met these two a bit ago on one of their “campaign” stops (was I jealous? Maaaaaaaybe. But more so now, because I hadn’t watched the show until, oh, Thursday). And I sure as hell hope it’s working, because this is some good watchin’.

I can’t remember what, exactly, prompted me to see if I could watch episodes online on Thursday, but I did. Sadly (to me), the pilot was no longer available on the FX site, so I had to settle starting with episode 2 and diving in in medias res while piecing together the story from online wikis and assorted website-ness. No matter, because without seeing the set-up, I was hooked and proceeded to watch the next two episodes.

(On a only-slight tangent, it was after this computer-usage-binge that my laptop decided to die – or, more specifically, the video card went kaput. While it seems this is a defect from the manufacturer, and something Apple has anticipated, I originally blamed Mr. Logue et al for killing my computer. My original plan was to petition him for a new one if necessary. He’s a lucky man that Charlie from the Genius Bar was able to promise me that the repairs were easy and covered under warranty).

For those of you who’ve skimmed the previous material in search of A Point To This Shit, here it is:
I finally see why these TV critics are saying that cable television is where it’s at.